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L. E. EVANS.

WIRE BALE TIE. No. 299,063. Patented May 20, 1884.

INVENTOR ,Umrrnn States Patent Orricn.

LEMUED E. EVANS, OF EAST ORANGE, NEWV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES G. PATTERSON, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

WIRE BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,063, dated May 20, 1884.

Application filed April 16, 1884. (No model.)

2' a/ZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, LEMUEL E. Evans, of East Orange, in the county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in \Vire Bale-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a means of securing bands of wire such as are used around bales of hay, cotton, or other material; and it consists in forming on one end of the bale-banda loop adapted to be passed over a hook formed on the other end of the band, said hook being braced by bending its downward and forward projecting end, which rests upon the opposite I 5 wire, backward upon itself, so that the loop in the end of the portion so bent shall pass over the head of the hook and be secured thereby, the object being to support the hook and prevent its straightening by providing braces which tend to counteract the strain to which the hook is subjected.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my improved bale-tie. Fig. 2 is a view of the same from above.

In the accompanying drawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

111 the end A, I form a loop or eye, O, by twisting the doubled band, as shown. In the other end, B, of the band I form a braced hook by first bending the wire to form aloop or eye longer than the loop G in the end A, the sides of which are parallel to each other and lie in the same plane. The loop is then bent twice to form the hook D and the bight E F, and so that the part or brace G shall rest upon the strands of the other end of the wire A. The end of the loop is then bent backward in such a manner that the eye of the loop H shall pass over and include the bight E and head of the hook D. WVhen the two parts of the tie are engaged, as shown in the drawings, the loop 0 is received in the hook D and the part or brace G rests upon the upper side of the wire A. Vhen the band is under strain, the loop 0 tends to elongate, its sides being closely drawn together, so as to tightly grasp the hook D. At the same time the two loops G G, forming the part G, and which previously rested upon the twisted wires of the end A, are spread 50 apart, so as to bear upon the opposite sides of the top of the loop 0, and the end of the loop loop on the other end of the band, adapted to be with downwardprojecting braces adapted to H bears against the head of or is forced into the hook D, and thus acts as a brace tosustain the hook. Any tendency which the hook D may have to straighten is met by the resistance offered by the loops G G bearing on the sides of the loop 0 on the end A, and the brace H bearing against the hook to sustain the loops G G. As a result, I find in practicethat the hook D will not straighten, and that the greater 6 the strain that is applied the more closely do the parts bind or jam together.

I do not limit myself to the precise construction shown and described, as other constructions may be employed which will equally em- 6 5 body the principle of my invention. Thus I may vary the form of the hook and its braces, or I may partially twist the hook or its braces. The form herein shown is, however, that which I now regard as the best mode of carrying my 0 invention into practice.

I claim as my invention- 1. Awire bale-tie having aloop on one end of the band and the hook upon the other end of the band, said hook being braced by having its downward and forward projecting end bent backward upon itself, and secured by passing the loop on the end thereof over the head of the hook, substantially as described.

2. A wirebale-tie, substantially as described, consisting of a hook formed 011 one end of the band, braced by bending the downward and forward projecting portion of said book back upon itself and over the head of the hook, and a 8 passed over said braced hook to secure the tie. 5

3. In abale-tie, aloop or eye at one end of the band and a hook at the opposite end, adapted to receive said loop, said hook being provided 0 rest upon the upper and opposite sides of the 9 said loop when the band is under strain, substantially as described.

4.111 abale-tie, aloop or eye atone end of the band and a hook at the opposite end, adapted to receive said loop, said hook being provided with three braces, two resting upon the upper and opposite sides of the loop and the third adapted to be passed over the head of the hook, said hook forming a bearing, substantially as described.

5. A braced hook, D, on one end of the band,

formed by bendingthe doubled wire, shown, A, having a loop at its extremity, and the wire 10 in combination with the loop 0 on the other B, having at its end a-loop longer than the loop end of the band, and adapted to serve together, 0, said 100p last mentioned being bent to form as and for the purpose set forth. the hook D, bights E and F, and brace H, sub- '6. The combination, with the bale-tie hook stantially as described. D, of the downwardly-projecting braces G G g LEMUEL E. EVANS. and backwardly-bent brace H, made continu- Witnesses: ous therewith, substantially as described. GEO. H. BENJAMIN,

7. In abale-tie, the combination of the wire W. A. FRENCH. 

